Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-08-06
DAKOTA.

Sioux Fails wants $40 600 for school ex.
penses.
H.. A. Pike has become editor OF the Tyn-
iall Register.
Lightuirg did considerable damage at
Abercrombie.
The Daily Huronite has been enlarged to a
six column folio.
The social evil is berg discussed from
Yankton pulpits.
The graders Of the Minneapolis and Pacific
arc at Yorktown.
Work on the street railway Of Sioux Falls
VIII soon commence.
The electric lights at Watertowp will be In
operation this week.
The territorial fair will be held at Mitchell,
september 26 to 30.
The farm lands alone OF Cass county are
assessed at 81, 1852.
Work on the Forest City and Watertown
railrosd is progressing.
Deadwood policemen get so cents apiece for
dead unlicensed dogs.
Three hundred lane patents have just been
received at the Huron ofi,e.
Mayor Norton, OF Sioux Falls, claims for
that city a population Of Q 500.
For the hcst ti;ae slnce 1879 tho West Yer.
million river has ceased TO Adv.
Judge Spencer win go east and remain with
bis family there during August.
Oakes, now that the Minneapolis and Pa
ciflc is assured, is h wing a boom.
The Catholic Indlan school is being moved
from Yanktou 10 Little Creek agency.
Hon. NJ. II. Day has been absent ia Wash
ington, Chicago and other eastern cities.
A burglar attempted 70 enter the post Office
at Ccsselton 10y cutting ont a pane Of glass.
Prot. Reno, Of New York, has bscn added
TO the faculty OF the Methodist university at
Mitchell.
A carload Of Iron Hill bullion was loaded NJ
the depot at Rapid City Saturday, and one Of
Galena ore.
A Blunt special gays peat beds which will
produce fuel equal TO coal have been discoy-
cred there.
The patent office records show that sixty
patents we're granted to Dakotaisns during
the past year.
Near Gary, Phillip White shot William Da-
Wis, who was driving to water his herd across
Whites land after being warned TO keep of.
White Is under arrest. Davis wounds are
not dangerous.
Mrs. Heath, Of Montrose, VEN to a neigh
boris Friday morning, leaving three small
boys alone in the house. TIE bows tried TO
light a fire and set fire to the house, which
was consumed and two Of the children were
burnedIto death.
Mr. e. l.. Hall, Of Central City, has issued
a pamp hlet detailing the natural and &C.
CURED advantages, soil, climate, industries
-nd material Interests Of Merrick county.
The pamphlet will prove an excellent imml-
grafton sgeat if literally Distributed.
Hon. &. e.. Williams, at the meeting o.
dIvisionists at Huron the other day, In an
enthusiastic speech intimated that It wouldn't
DO for the government Of the United States
to tribe with Dakota much longer or she
might repeat that 'Boston harbor tea actr Of
revolutionary fame.
About9 O'Clock Monday night.thleves broke
into the secondhand store Of J. c. LalIy. on
Front street, Fargo, by breaking a light IN
the back door, and stole four gold and twenty
five silver watches, valued at from S35 TO $40
each. Certain parties are suspected and the
police are on their trail.
Outside Of Rapid City the valuation OF Pen
county is $500, S21.75, OF which 1924.
is personal proI erty and s SO, 720 is real
estate. This makes tie total valuation of the
and city under the present assessment
3, 2jo, 453 -. The land now proved up on in
Pennington county amounts to 75,1ls 40
lcrcs.
Miss Olive Sanborn, daughter OF County
J0mmis sioner Sanborn, who was waiting in
ront Of the posto flee at Grafton, saw a run
way team dashing down the street, and at
ran into the street, se,zing them by The
The team threw her into the air bat
did not release her hold, and brought
hem to a halt. The business men In token
{ their admiration raised a handsome purse
Or her.
In the Brown county seat case, in whic, {
oiumbus seeks TO prove that the law Of the t
ST legislature submitting the vote was Z
'~A"A ''S'Aa'iCh ahN CphGiaiy 10 tue law :
1ssed by the iast.cougress prohibiting special 8
gislatlon In the territory, that town has eu- Y
loyed an array Of eminent attorneys, among
Senator G. X. DAVIS, OK Minnesota, $
hiie Aberdeen has employed only resident L
%torneys. b
In q communication, Saturday, Gen. Beadle. z
~Ya0kton, gives new reasons for division, s.
d says ira. Grand Forks, VcrmiliiOn, Fargo d
d Bookings should surely favor division, a
nee the un yrrsities and agricultural col n
yes 10 st.d IA these towns would receive
fcr tue achool lants In case Of division N
.i.h tley otheraise would. Besiies. each .,
r cut u al college would receive an ap.ro. v
.s'i"u,f go 900 In money, ard IL not NJ
7 j d uuIy half that sum. "
the terri DRY has commenced it's series OF ss
nor pTot ecutions IN Lincoln county undcr dr
loc.l optiun law, which prohibits whole. p
tng wa'le the g u1ty commissioners have SC
10 traht iie nse. William Roller, q IL
oil, 'le liquor dealer, was arrested and
! ell ,xshilAiion 10 await the ae.icn of nj
graLd jury. The prostcut!on claims that Il,
new local option law has already gone th
. tie I, and that breweries and wholesale al
lsrs must close their doors unless they lie.
'e a retail license from the Junty and elty up
l;ctl So l. granted In this county, but a ini
IA retail AID Wholesale saloons are run KIN